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Jim DeMint joins effort to smash D.C. monopoly

The effort to limit the power of the federal government through a new Article V constitutional convention gained a powerful ally on Monday, as former Republican Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina officially became a senior adviser to the Convention of States Project.

In a statement issued by the organization, DeMint called Article V the “only solution” to a broken system that “will never fix itself.”

“I tried to rein in Washington from the House and Senate, but once I realized that Washington will never willingly return decision-making power back to the American people and the states, I began to search for another way to restrain the federal government,” said DeMint.

“I am excited to get outside the Beltway and work with the grassroots of the Convention of States Project to continue the fight I started almost two decades ago.”

Just as DeMint suggested, Coburn believes the Article V solution is necessary because the federal government is completely incapable of restricting its own power by its very nature. In a recent appearance on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,” Coburn asked rhetorically, “Do we expect the elites in Washington to do what’s best in the long term for their country, when, in fact, their real conflict is doing what’s best for their political career?”

The comments of DeMint and Coburn suggest there is increasing awareness such dramatic solutions are the only way to stop the out-of-control growth of government debt. The U.S. national debt is now approaching $20 trillion, and Coburn recently noted on the “Morning Joe” television program on MSNBC “the average millennial is going to have to pay back $1.7 million over the next 50 years.” However, because politicians are motivated to push the costs of programs onto future generations, it is almost impossible for public officials looking to the next election to do something about the problem without sabotaging their own political careers.

Mark Meckler, co-founder of the Convention of States project, hailed DeMint joining the effort as an important step towards the desperately needed fundamental reforms the Founding Fathers would have wanted.

“The slow creep of waste, fraud, abuse and selfish interests, along with unfathomable debt, has made citizens frustrated with all branches and departments of the federal government,” he said. “The Convention of States is the constitutional, viable solution the Founders gave us for exactly this moment.”

DeMint also declared it is the “perfect time” for such a radical devolution movement.

Conservative Review reports DeMint will be lobbying the North Carolina legislature as part of his first effort with the Convention of States Project, hoping to make the Tar Heel State the 13th to join the campaign.

Despite the growing number of activists and endorsers, the Convention of States project still has a number of hurdles to overcome, as it is not even halfway to the number of state endorsements needed to be successful. But DeMint’s and Coburn’s efforts are unprecedented. If they are successful, it will mark the first time in American history the Constitution will ever be changed in this way.